Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-10


Miss Danver's eyes as she spoke.
And you will do as ! wish ?"
81 think you may rely on me, pat
ting Clara's cheek. "unlcss i think
Jessie too good for him, and so try to
ALLEVIATE him purposely. What il this
Mr.. Amherst like p
every handsome, tall, and broad,
and blue.eyed. But perhaps you know
him, for he comes from the neighbor-
hood of your early home"
els his name Lionel, / wonder?'
Eyes such nice name, is it not p
Lionel Amherst"
and you think he is fond of Jes-
SIC ?"
"Oh, yes; it was quite evident from
the frst. You know Jessie Is rather
cold with strangers, but she could not
hold him aloof.
"And docs she care for him."
Chow can I tell YOu know she
tests at everything but the practical
side of love. But ! don't see how she
could fail to Ike MIR. Amherst, he is 50
clever. and handsome, and rich. ."
"All excellent reasons for being
loved. Well, promise not to spoil
The sport"
end you will wear your black velvet
| dress 2"
CcItoinIy, and my opal and dia.
mond ornaments, and in addition III
decorate the dinner table and make the
| CilfreCS.'
When Clara had gone away Aunt
| Eliza fell into n liStiess attitude and
sat staring blankly at the fading colors
in the worn carpet. The girls hiit
| shrowd, hall simple words seomed to
recall TO Lcr memory vivid dream,
lonc-dreamed, and half forgotten.
Was it 50 long, almost n score OF
vears. since she herself had been girl,
TO whom time seemed long and Efo
cruel? Was it really she who had lived
through one Of those tumultuous crises
whose full bitterness only youth en-
realize? Was it indeed Eliza Danyer
who. eighteen years before, had sud
denly found herself bereft Of parent
and wealth and love by one fell dis
aster? And was it her subsequent vast
discoveries Of unsupported meanness in
all whom she had previously liked and
trusted which had rendered her prac-
teal and solf-willed as she was?
She could not answer this, nor could
she define clearly to herself the steps
Of her development.
Eliza bad diiierentmOther from that
Of Colonel Danver and his eight bro.
theirs and sisters, as Mrs Danvor hal
explained to Mr.. Amherst and what
had led that mother, when only two
and twenty years of age, to unite her
self to Lanirey Danyer, a more than
middlc-oeed and by no means fasci-
ling widowcr with nine children, the
elder ones already at mems and wo-
mems estate. not one gossip in the
whole country side bad been able GER
tainly to explain for Lizzie Lake was
something OF beauty and Il good d'el
of M hoiress, judged from local
standpoint. her fortune very nearly APP
rIoacLing five figures, and her edu'a-
ton being excellent according to tn
tine.
| anfrey Danver was certainly a most
rcspcctable man, landowner, VINO
enjoyed in lis household the easy
abundance of prosperity, and who had
ambitions, social aud pccuniary, for
himself and his children. But these
attributes, however praisaworthy in
themselves, are hardly those which
pills appr, ciate, and Mr.. Danyer had
been nearly old enough to be Lizzie
Lakes grandfather at the time she
electrified the neighborhood by mar
rying lin.
] hat he loved her was very evident
TO every one, but the love Of the father
Of half grown family is more likely
TO wear IN absurd than an appealing
aspe ct in the eyes OF merry Glrl. And
vet. somehow. Lanfrcy Danyer dis
tancod men who might have been his
sons in Wooing the hcircss, and carried
her OFT before their very eyes, leaving
them to ask each other hlaukly what il
could possibly mean. Had she had Il
disappointmcnt, and did she fling her
self away on this elderly widoWcr
through spite, choosing him, Of all
men, from some ineXplicable woman
motive That love had dictated her
action neither friend nor foe could
reasonably believe.
But the bride laughed question aul
suImisc aside, kept her roses and her
pretty looks, spent her money freely
On Ianfrey Danvcr's house AMI emil
/ drcn. and never gave snrmise or Sian
I der even the most slender foundation
/ to build on til she died when her BABY
girl was bonn.
Then Lanfrey Danyer wished to de,
too; Int q broken heart does not
always Kill. Indeed, it allowed him t.
live a manned lite till the young Eliza
had reached womarhood.
In WAY the brothers and sisters
were very fond Of Eliza; she WAS tn,
family baby at first and the little heir
ess later, the one who was 70 have a
Grand education and the chance % =
great future.
1t bed been rather a spite to some of
lie SOUS Of the house, at their start in
life, that their father would not give
them q slice OF his second wiie's dowfy
to lclp them over the duh working
DAYS tLat always prcccle Success but
on this point the old nan hAd been
finn. tie money was Elias; and,
though they were welcome to a share
of the interest, the principal must
never be touched.
The money was Elias; they had
I'll heard that a hundred times and yet,
when Lanfrey Danyer diedsuddenly, in
testate, the lawyer son appeared on the
scene and solcmnly took possession OF
everything in the interest OF his brothers
and sisters.
Eliza should have her tenth, Of
course; that she should have more WAS
unreas enable; surely law was just.
None Of them would ask anything but
their due hut the sons had expensive
families, 9nd tho daughters eXtraya-
giant husbands, and a thousand pounds
apiece would he welcome winiiall to
tie whole Of them.
They were all disposed TO BE- very
kind TO Eliza; there was not one OF
them who was not willing to Offer her
home till she marriel-as marry she
certainly would, eood-looking girl
like her-and further to provide her
with MI facilities toward that consum-
nation.
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